Aregbesola leads

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State had his second term in office practically wrapped up last night with early results from 23 of the 30 local government areas of the state placing him ahead of the pack.

Wild jubilations erupted in Osogbo and other parts of the state as the results trickled in.

Omisore’s running mate Adejare Bello lost in his Ede North polling unit. His party (PDP) scored 30 votes as against the APC’s 130 votes. Also, the state chairman of PDP Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa lost in his Olrunda Local Government polling unit. His party scored 95 to APC’s 142 votes.

Former Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada also lost her Ibodi, Atakumosa West Local Government polling unit where PDP scored three to APC’s 300.

Residents took to the streets congratulating one another on the outcome of the voting after several weeks of tension generated by the massive deployment of security operatives to the state ahead of the poll, harassment of leaders and supporters of the APC and a war of words between the APC and PDP over rigging allegations.

The APC said yesterday that as many as 250 of its supporters were arrested at different times before the election with a view to intimidating the electorate.

Turn out by voters for the election was generally high across the state.

Expectations in the camps of the two main parties were equally high.

On hand to ensure that nothing went amiss were chieftains of the parties from different parts of the country.

It was relatively peaceful despite a clampdown on APC members by security men.

Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were deployed on the streets.

Election materials reached most parts of the capital early and accreditation of voters began by 8:am. Voters had little to complain about concerning accreditation although there were a few reports of hooliganism in parts of the state.

In Ilobu for instance, suspected thugs stormed a polling booth shooting sporadically in the air and attempted to disrupt the process of accreditation.

They were however repelled by men of the NSCDC.

Obokun Ward 3 and Odo Otin recorded similar incidents and in both cases security men acted promptly.

The Commandant of the NSCDC in Osun State, Felix Gbolade said of the election: “Election was fine; we were deploying our officials as the situation demanded. Where there were issues of security, our men were able to restore calm.”

The State Director of State Security Services (SSS), Andrew Iorkyar told The Nation that some polling booths requested extra security in Osogbo.

“The election has been peaceful, some polling units demanded for extra security because of the large turn- out of people and we have provided security,” he said.

In Ward 4, unit 1, voting commenced later as the voters complained about the slow process of election. One voter told the Nation, “The electoral officers are very slow they seem not to know how to handle the electoral process.”

In Units 2,4,18,19,20 also in the same Ward, voting began as scheduled as voters waited patiently in the sun to cast their votes. In many wards in Osogbo, voting continued till 4pm. In Unit 1 and 2, more than 100 voters waited around 4;30 pm to cast their ballots.

As the results of the election began to trickle in, there was wild jubilation in Osogbo .

A voter, Suraj Adewole said he was satisfied with the conduct of the election.

“This election has been transparent, we are glad about the direction it is going, our party has won,” he said.

The election in Osun state should be the template for 2015. The election were generally said to be peaceful by the two contenders.

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